Russia’s African coup strategy - Microsoft On the Issues
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Today we are sharing a report from the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) on Russian influence operations in Africa, principally focused on the Niger coup. We believe it is vital there is wider understanding of the ways in which the internet is being used to stoke political instability around the world. Recent weeks have seen...
    • u_tamtam@programming.devOP
      82·
      10 months ago

      Colonialism is terrible because it deprived people from their right to self determination.
      But somehow, when Russia organizes a coup against a democratically elected government in the 21st century, this is totally fine. Oh, yogthos, the public display of your cognitive dissonance is a wonder to witness day after day :)

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
        29·
        10 months ago

        There is zero evidence for your conspiracy theory that Russia is organizing coups, while there is plenty of evidence that these are popular coups against western repression. You are a shameless propagandist, and one of the most dishonest people I’ve had the displeasure of interacting with on this site. Here’s what’s actually going on in Africa for people reading this thread https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/09/02/niger-and-the-sahel-are-pushing-back-against-insecurity-exploitation-and-france/

        • FireMyth@lemmy.one
          4·
          10 months ago

          Boy isn’t this the pot calling the kettle black. 4 yr old account with 9k posts all of them being propaganda. Literally on here posting thrice a day EVERYDAY (not counting his pupet accounts). And it’s all propaganda.

        • u_tamtam@programming.devOP
          31·
          10 months ago

          There is zero evidence

          Did you miss the whole article at the top of this thread, and detailed analysis it refers to? I’ll make it even simpler for you and save you one click:

          https://blogs.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/5/2023/09/Sahel-Gabon-Coup-Playbook-PDF.pdf

          The onus of the proof is on you to debunk this paper as fallacious, and I’d love to read your take on it.
          The rest of your comment is just insults and doesn’t bring anything to the argument.

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
            17·
            10 months ago

            The paper makes vague claims without any substance. There is nothing to debunk there, and if you actually bothered reading the paper yourself you’d know that. I guess perhaps you just expected people not to bother reading it. The link I provided you above explains the situation as it actually is. Maybe go read it.

  • AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world
    416·
    10 months ago

    I would say is “what is Russia trying to do start WW3?” But then I have to stop myself because as a USA citizen my country has done and still does the same things. It just feels like the point of governments and society is so we can collectivly find better solutions to our problems not to topple other societies for our own gain.